"A [preacher] who does not love art, poetry, music and nature can be dangerous. Blindness and deafness toward the beautiful are not incidental; they are necessarily reflected in his [preaching]." — BXVI

Ever heard of the Paleo Diet? Basically, you eat nothing that our paleolithic ancestors couldn't eat (domesticated grains, processed foods, etc.). If I weren't living in a religious community most of the year where I have almost no control over the food we eat, I'd try it!

The current political meme coming from the Left is that the GOP/Tea Party is controlled by big corporate money. Check out these charts for the 2008 election cycle. Business interests split their contributions almost evenly btw the two parties. Unions gives 98% of their money to just one party.

Fr. John, pastor of St Joseph's, has put me in charge of introducing the new Missal translation to the parish. We've rec'd several announcements from Catholic publishers asking us to consider buying their versions of the new Missal. I've been deeply disappointed in the cover art of most.

". . .public employment is an idealized socialist economy in miniature, including its political aspect: the grateful recipients of government largesse provide money and organizational support to re-elect the politicians who shower them with all of these benefits." Exactly.